From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 05:58:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92B616A4E0 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:58:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93EA343D64 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:58:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so663371uge for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:58:02 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XKuJ19cnqVFVlZkxXKv9FZOnJ6RgZA8Tjbdiucde95ABnk3rIVgciNbtH+Hi8vvi7VaQ6pttu7vm+w06KcSMZep36FWCswtJMTUPwSskEtWa0anvrcEIv92k3V2xOj2EUm2QdrjyGBpNUDFg+d0EeU2nXC/64VYuLr50FHu457Y= Received: by 10.78.117.10 with SMTP id p10mr88475huc; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.143.11 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:58:02 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Boot and Install from USB? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:58:04 -0000 On 7/28/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:32 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > Floppy and CD-ROM drives, why do I need them? They take up to much > > chassis real estate and I never use them after the server is in > > production. Why can't I do all this stuff with USB? > > > > If I got a USB flash, USB CD-ROM, and/or a USB floppy drive what could > > I do with it? > > > > * Boot into DOS to run BIOS updates? > > * Load the FreeBSD CD to a flash drive and boot / install from it? > > > > I see no reason to keep buying them, there like tits on a bull. > > None of my servers have floppies or cdrom or any optical drives. I > keep a couple floppies and a dvd and a cdrom around and if I need on > I plug it in for the duration of the need... > Been there done that. It's a pain in the butt: 1. Power down 2. Take cover off 3. Plug in drive 4. Put cover back on 5. Power on 6. Re-enable BIOS support for device. 7. Do what needs to be done 8. Power down 9. Take cover off 10. Unplug drive 11. Put cover back on 12. Power on 13. Disable BIOS support for device. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/